From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: PT Subject: Re: How to Strip TODO headword and refile as a note Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <7bef1f890910240243x7851c8bas773f43581619ca05@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1grx-0006zI-Q7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:41:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1grt-0006vL-2L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:41:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35392 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N1grs-0006vA-Pp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:41:16 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:33642) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N1grs-0007mI-8H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:41:16 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N1grm-00011K-Sb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:41:11 +0200 Received: from 94-21-19-35.pool.digikabel.hu ([94.21.19.35]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:41:10 +0200 Received: from spamfilteraccount by 94-21-19-35.pool.digikabel.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:41:10 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Alan E. Davis gmail.com> writes: > I stumbled momentarily, realizing I not only > want to archive this, get it out of my agenda and todo file, I > also want to file a note about the issues, and what I learned > about them. The "todo file" expression suggests organizational problems. When I began to use org-mode I also kept a todo file, but it's a misunderstading of Org. You don't need to keep your todos in a separate file. You should keep everything in files thematically and toggle the TODO keyword on the header right there in the natural context of the task. Org will take care of scanning of your files and pick up your TODO entries. This way if you are done with an item you don't have to "move it out of your agenda and todo file", because it's already there where it belongs, you can add notes to it there and it will disappear from the agenda if you toggle the item to DONE state.